Food for Thought

Knowledge is power. 'Hoarding' knowledge, on the other hand, reveals weakness.

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Kidney Failure

I just read an article at www.yahoo.com.sg (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/billionaire-ty-warner-gives-woman-20-000-her-165731962.html) ...didn't know that stem cell procedures are available to help save the lives of those who suffer from kidney failure.

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Food for Thought

Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

~ Mother Teresa

 



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再过两个多礼拜，我就要去香港和澳门旅游了。虽然去过香港两次了，但是这次是我第一次去迪斯尼乐园。蛮期待的。:)

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Dementia

The highly educated, and those who use two languages on a regular basis, tend to have lower rates of dementia.

~ Reader's Digest (August 2012)

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French

A colleague teased me today when I said 'Je ne comprends pas' with a Hokkien accent. (Btw, Hokkien is a local dialect which is similar to Taiwanese.) :(

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Mental Illness

I have two friends who are schizophrenic, whom I have known for many years. Their families have put up with their 'schizophrenic attacks' for more years than I have known them.

I can't imagine how life is like living under the same roof with a family member who suffers from schizophrenia. To say that it's tough is an understatement (at least from my point of view). To remain sane living with such a family member over a prolonged period of time is a major challenge, if not a near impossibilty.

Although I know that I am supposed to reach out to the mentally ill, I am no longer passionate about reaching out to them. One of the aforesaid friends has worn my patience thin by calling me frequently when she has 'schizophrenic attacks' (even in the middle of the night). In the past, I would have obliged her without due regard to my own well-being. However, over the years, I have learnt that self care is very important and so I am now practically avoiding her calls.

If I am not able to practise self care, then how can I really care for other people without sabotaging my (working) relationship or friendship with them? Therefore, I believe that genuine care for a fellow human being must start with self care regardless of whether one is working in the helping profession or not.

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Counting My Blessings

I am thankful for the various  blessings in my life...I am also thankful that I can be a blessing to others. :)

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你的爱让我感动 (Touched by Your Love)

I have finally done part of the melody for this song, which is dedicated to one of my former admirers.  (If fate permits us to meet again, I'll probably take the chance and not give in to fear again.)

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Food for Thought

Hire character, train skill.

~ Peter Schultz (Quoted by Libby Gill in her book, You Unstuck.)

Character is DEFINITELY a more important factor to consider when hiring someone than whether the person has the necessary skill. For me - when I have my own business - I wouldn't want to employ a lazy bum who has no integrity and who has no sense of conscience.

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Food for Thought

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

~ James Baldwin (Quoted  by Libby Gill in her book, You Unatuck.)

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Food for Thought

In giving, you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Quoted by Libby Gill in her book, You Unstuck.)

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Food for Thought

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

~ Chinese Proverb (Quoted by Libby Gill in her book, You UInstuck.)

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I found out today that my ex-supervisor knew about the arrangement pertaining to my driver colleague's schedule right from the beginning.. However, she had chosen to keep me in the dark because she wanted to ssbatage my working relationship with the head of another department. Such plain wickedneaa!!

My  ex-supervisor had also tried to force me to leave my current job by ostracising me (and getting other colleagues to ostracise me) and so forth, because she knew that I would quit a job due to hostile work environment. (But unfortunately for her, I had chosen to endure her wickedness and the hostile work environment she had deliberately created.) Such plain wickedness!!!

Actually, my  ex-supervisor had committed a great deal of evil against me (not just the aforesaid) because of my boss, whom she liked (and may still like) very much.  I know she's very desperate to get married. But was it really necessary for her to commit so much evil against me because of a man?

A true Buddhist believes in doing good and in karma. My ex-supervisor, who is a Buddhist, obviously doesn't believe in these. (Her deeds are proof of this though she may profess otherwise.) For me, I believe that those who sow evil shall reap evil.

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